1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2346 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [604.111] HOSPITAL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR
1.4ADVERSE HEALTH EVENTS.
1.5    Subdivision 1. Definition; adverse health events. For purposes of this section,
1.6"adverse health events" has the meaning established in section 144.7065.
1.7    Subd. 2. Payment for adverse health events. (a) A hospital is liable to the patient
1.8for all corrective medical and hospital service costs that are reasonably necessary as a
1.9result of an adverse health event created or increased by the hospital.
1.10(b) The patient may obtain the corrective medical or hospital services from any
1.11appropriate medical or hospital provider, the cost of which must be paid by the hospital
1.12responsible for the adverse health event.
1.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2012, and applies to
1.14adverse health events created on or after that date."
1.15Delete the title and insert:
1.17relating to insurance; specifying financial responsibility for hospital-caused
1.18adverse health events;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.19chapter 604."